QUOTE (wheeler @ Apr 19 2007, 08:37 PM)
Much greater mobility, reach, and accuracy with your fretting hand, once you're used to 'proper' thumb position.
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IMHO and generally speaking, of course.
Agree. Wrap you thumb and place your fingers on the fretboard as spread as you can. Now place your thumb properly, and do the same. Yes, most commercially successful electric guitarists wrap the thumb. Hendrix was as bad as you get about that. However good your playing may be, it would be better without this habit. But it is hard to break once you have it. You can get to be a great guitarist, and at that point in order to break it, you have to accept being a sort of crappy guitarist for awhile. So people generally won't break the habit once it is really ingrained.
There can be times where you will want to wrap your thumb, but it should be for a special reason, not your normal manner of playing.
I was going to say "not using the pinkie finger" as another bad habit. But someone else said that. You can do more with your pinkie than most people think. Kris has mentioned that, I believe Pavel also.
I believe those are the two really bad habits to stay away from in your formative years.
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This post has been edited by fkalich: Apr 22 2007, 06:50 AM